Aberystwyth lifeboat flag day, August 6, 1973: when the River Rheidol overflowed its banks, flooding a caravan and camping site, the D class inflatable lifeboat, crewed by Gwyn Martin, the station honorary secretary, and Ralph Kenyon,... - View image in PDF
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A new fish quay development was the catalyst for Tynemouth's new facilities. The derelict East Jetty was repiled and re-decked to provide this boathouse and davit for the D class and an afloat berth for the all-weather... - View image in PDF
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A busy month for St Ives On 21 May 2006, relief Mersey class Royal Shipwright attended the 21m Testerossa, 27 miles north west of St Ives in near-galeforce winds. Sennen Cove's Tyne class Norman Salvesen joined in to achieve 5 knotsto St...
The youngest-ever 'lifeboat namer' swung into action at Craster on 20 March when two-and-ahalf-year-old Adam Bagley dispensed some champagne to formally christen the station's new D class lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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A few days before Jon Jones went on his West Country tour of lifeboat stations with the Dl, Sue Denny, RNLI Press and Public Information Manager was in the same area looking at stations through the eyes of a tourist… rset off bright and...
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(right) Arun: length overall 52ft or 54ft; beam 17ft; draught 5ft; displacement 31 tons; maximum speed 18 knots; range at full speed, 200 nautical miles. The Arun, introduced in 1971, has a crew of six; she lies afloat. Hulls of the first... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboats from some of the participating nations rafted up in the Oslo fiord. The RNLI's Arun class Duke olAtholl is second from the left, and on the extreme right is one of the classic Norwegian Colin Archer-designed sailing lifeboats -... - View image in PDF
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Whitby: 1235 on Tuesday March 19, 1985. A party of 27 school children with three teachers were reported by a member of the public to be cut off by the tide at Jump Down Bight, 250 yards east of Whitby. Both the relief 44ft Waveney class... - View image in PDF
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The Duke of Kent (centre) watches as the Rother class Duke of Kent is brought ashore after his trip in fresh conditions. He was accompanied by the RNLI's director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles (centre left) and the chief of operations Capt George... - View image in PDF
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(above) Mrs Jacqueline Gurney wife of John Gurney, the secretary of the Equity and Law Social Club, names the new relief fleet D class lifeboat AXA Life Inshorer. Staff officer (operations) Michael Pennell keeps a wary eye on the proceedings... - View image in PDF
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